NUR 2633 MATERNAL CHILD FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Concepts Final exam Maternal Child
ICP and cerebral edema
don’t lay someone flat or high fowlers
first sign confusion
Glasgow Coma Scale
assess neurological status
kidney failure
lab level prealbumin-look up
CHF monitoring on a child-look up s&s
1lb weight gain-
streptococcal pharyngitis
When can they go back to school? 1-3 days
fractures
Cast care?
dehydration
Oral rehydration
Seizures
-airway
-lay on side
-do not restrain
, -protect head
-loosen clothing
-move objects out of way
-document when stops
Seizure select all that apply… loosen tight clothing, lie on side,
protect head
Milestones-
6 months and not sitting is a bad thing
Pincer grasp no
3-year-old coloring
Croup
crying makes worse
Cough sounds like a barking seal
Voice lowers
Labored breathing
Sternal retractions
Bellows in the intercostal
Overactive abdominal diaphragm
Asthma
Dyspnea, cough, audible wheezing, course lung
sounds, possible crackles, mucus production,
restlessness, irritability, anxiety, sweating, use of
accessory muscles, low SaPO2
Albuterol tx
Bronchitis
Concepts Final exam Maternal Child
ICP and cerebral edema
don’t lay someone flat or high fowlers
first sign confusion
Glasgow Coma Scale
assess neurological status
kidney failure
lab level prealbumin-look up
CHF monitoring on a child-look up s&s
1lb weight gain-
streptococcal pharyngitis
When can they go back to school? 1-3 days
fractures
Cast care?
dehydration
Oral rehydration
Seizures
-airway
-lay on side
-do not restrain
, -protect head
-loosen clothing
-move objects out of way
-document when stops
Seizure select all that apply… loosen tight clothing, lie on side,
protect head
Milestones-
6 months and not sitting is a bad thing
Pincer grasp no
3-year-old coloring
Croup
crying makes worse
Cough sounds like a barking seal
Voice lowers
Labored breathing
Sternal retractions
Bellows in the intercostal
Overactive abdominal diaphragm
Asthma
Dyspnea, cough, audible wheezing, course lung
sounds, possible crackles, mucus production,
restlessness, irritability, anxiety, sweating, use of
accessory muscles, low SaPO2
Albuterol tx
Bronchitis